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- 4451: Les Miserables
- ... hair. Then later because she can't find work becomes a prostitute. Later a respected person in the community felt an itch for a poke at a female and went to Fantine. Fantine realizes that day that she can no longer be a prostitute because of her morals and refuses. The man beats her and when Fantine fights back he drags her to the police. As the police are taking her ... is granted. But in the night he sneaks past the guards and cuts his enemy loose. After 19 years on a chain gang and 30 years of running, he cuts his enemy loose. But the day after that something horrible happens! Cossets love is shot in the chest. Who else would show up and rescue the day, Valjean. Not even knowing that he is Cossets love he takes his still alive body away from the battle field and to the hospital. The revolution is now over and the French armies have ...
- 4452: Movie Summary: Dead Poets Society
- ... in his efforts by teaching them to think for themselves. His success is shown by the actions of some of the students throughout the movie. Mr. Keating starts off by teaching them to seize the day. He showed them pictures of students from previous years, which indicated how short time is spent in high school. He taught them they need to go for it before it is too late. To seize the day, or Carpe Dium, one must not let anything pass them by. In the movie, Knox Overstreet seizes the day by taking a chance and calling Chris, the girlfriend of Chet Dannenberry, to ask her on a date. Instead she asked him to a party. He also taught them about the importance of conformity. ...
- 4453: Death of a Salesman: Society's Alienation of Willy Loman
- ... never intended to give Willy his job back. He was merely trying to take Willy's position because he didn't believe Willy could hack it anymore. This is a reflection of society's present day treatment of the elderly. Younger generations now, move older people into rest homes and try to keep them out of public view, for risk of embarassment. This is reflected by Howard's statement, "I don ... It is human nature to be judgemental of things, and especially people. Willy Loman was no exception to this. Yet, Willy was already down, and society kept him there. He lost the job that he'd worked at faithfully for thirty-four years, simply because the younger owner couldn't bear with having an older, less succesful salesman representing the company. Willy is sealed off from his family, especially from his ...
- 4454: Romeo and Juliet: Night - Rejoice or Rebel?
- ... Juliet is very eager for night to come as she uses the word "immediately," which is very strong and demanding. Her true love, Romeo, is also associated with night. "Come, night, come Romeo, come thou day in night." (Shakespeare Act III Scene ii:17) Shakespeare uses night also as a time for exchanging of vows. "Lady, by yonder, blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops ... thin, you're weak, you're too thin, you're good for the furnace....." (Wiesel 68) In the stillness of the night they Jews could not help but relive the fears and horrors of the day over and over again in their minds. A lot of the book's suffering occurs after the sun has gone down. For example, during the first day of Elie's stay at the concentration camp as is seen when Elie says, "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night." ( ...
- 4455: Hamlet: Emotional States
- ... Marlow did not allow her to kill the King. John Lennon had the same thesis as mine stating in Her Majesty on Abbey Road "Her majesty is a pretty nice girl/ but she changes from day to day/ I wanna tell her that I love her a lot, but I gonna get her a belly full of wine/ Her majesty is a pretty nice girl some day I'm gonna make her mine." This could very well refer to Hamlet talking about his mother referring to her remarriage and the final scene in which it is probable that they will together ...
- 4456: The Deception in King Lear
- ... more and that she is not doing so by saying what she does. In the speech that Cordelia gives beginning on line 95, she says: " Good my Lord, You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me:I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you." I.i.94-97 This speech professes that she loves him for all that he has done ... any title from Gloucester because he is a bastard and not the biological and rightful son that Edgar is. Edmund goes on to say: "With his prepared sword he charges home My unprovided body, lanch'd mine arm: And when he saw my best alarum'd spirits Bold in the quarrel's right, roused to th' encounter, Or whether gasted by the noise I made, Full suddenly he fled." II.i.50-54 He incriminates Edgar for attacking him and ...
- 4457: A Futuristic Interview With Romeo
- ... seems he is the only one aware of it.) ANN: (To Romeo) Do not be afraid, come forward. (Beckons with hand) ROMEO: What is this? ANN: Sir, I apologize for this sudden interruption of your day. Perhaps you would like me to explain? ROMEO: (Steps onto stage out of light beam. Beam dies) What has happened to me? Have I died? Is this the other world? What do you want of ... millions (Gestures with hands) of people know my dirty little secret now. And my friends, Benvolio and... ANN: Mercutio! ROMEO: Correct, who was unfortunately... ANN: ...Slain by Tybalt! ROMEO: ...Whom I did slay. Alack the day. ANN: But Romeo - We can change all that! ROMEO: (Very depressed) Everybody says that, now that I have been banished. ANN: But this is the truth! You deserve a better life than this! Quick, technicians, set the machine to... When did you slay Tybalt? ROMEO: On but the second of May. ANN: Where shall we put you? What year? What month? What day? ROMEO: I have no hope for redemption... ANN: Have hope, for god's sake! Life is worth living! ROMEO: I have been stolen from my home... ANN: Think of what you can live over ...
- 4458: Jacob's Ladder
- ... represents the way he is transported from this life to hell although he does not realise this, he believes that it is after the war and he is coming back from work like any normal day. After getting off the subway, Jake goes home to his girlfriend Jezebel. Jake believes he has been divorced from his wife Sara for some time and that she through him out. Jake looks at old ... who tells him that according to his lifeline he should already be dead. An interesting point in the film is when Jake meets up with five ex-army buddies who were with him on the day of the raid, and none of them can remember what happened during and after the massacre. They all blame this memory lapse on some sort of government cover-up and get a lawyer to investigate ... however they do not have the same will to hold on like Jake does and have given up in their resistance and died. Jake also meets up with another army buddy Paul Rutger from that day in Vietnam, Paul is completely paranoid of the demons and believes he is about to die. Sure enough after talking to Jake, Paul leaves and is killed in a car bomb. Paul was obviously ...
- 4459: The Importance of the Press
- ... 1968. Censor, Jack Richard, Prelude to Power, The Parisian radical Press: 1789-1791, Maryland: the Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976 The Influence of the Enlightenment on the French revolution, edited by William F. Church, Canada: D.C. Heath and Company, 1974 Darton, Robert and Daniel Roche, Revolution in Print: The Press in France 1775- 1800, USA: New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations, 1989 Guy, James John, People, Politics & Government, Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada Inc., 1990. Osler, Andrew. News, The Evolution of Journalism in Canada. Missisauga: Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., 1993. Popkin, Jeremy D. Revolutionary News, The Press in France 1789-1799. USA: Duke University Press, 1990. Footnotes 1 James John Guy, People, Politics and Government, (Toronto, 1990), p. 103. 2 Ibid., p. 81 3 Gustave Le Bon, The Psychology of revolution, (USA, 1968), pp. 162-3 4 Ibid., p. 28. 5 Andrew M. Osler, News, The Evolution of Journalism in Canada, (Canada, 1993), p. 54. 6 Jeremy D. Popkin, Revolutionary News The Press in France, 1789-1799, (USA, 1990), pp. 19-20. 7 Ibid., p. 22-3. 8 Ibid., p.25. 9 Ibid., p. 26. 10 Ibid., p.28. 11 Ibid., p. ...
- 4460: Violence on Television: Violence is Everywhere
- Violence on Television: Violence is Everywhere " I never learned which party was victorious, nor the cause of the war, But I felt for the rest of that day, as if I had had my feelings excited and harrowed by witnessing the struggle..." (Henry David Thoreau) These days our whole life seems to revolve around violence. There are so many channels on TV that ... they are either based on fighting or getting smashed by trucks and we laugh and we love it. It's hard to beat watching someone else beat up on after you just had a bad day. Football and hockey, can't beat them but no one really cares about the principle of the game we all just want to see the big hits. When watching football highlights the things they love ... between two or more students, and the occasional unwilling faculty member. Those brawls aren't blown-off by the students either. Nah, we love to see a good fight and talk about it after the day is over. It's sad to say but violence is one of our national staples. Whether you are a hill-billy from the Ozarks or a millionaire counting you're thousand dollar bills in ...
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